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Chicago-based sketch duo Rabbit Rabbit return to Stage773 after a well-received sketchfest showcase, and will once again hand the reins over to acting veterans Christian and Antoine, for an exclusive masterclass in acting. Rabbit Rabbit put me in touch with these two visionaries for an exclusive interview before tonight's premiere at 8pm at Stage 773.

Local comic/sketch dude/pretend pedoPaul Thomas was kind enough to send over this short public notice/motivational clip for an exclusive premiere here on the site. If you haven't already caught Paul's solo sketch show, Comedogenic, you have one chance left: he'll be performing it at 10pm on Thursday, January 3rd as a part of Chicago Sketch Fest at Stage 773, before decommissioning it for good (or at least within the Chicago city limits).

The
Lincoln Lodge Industry Showcase (17 local
comics)The Lincoln Lodge. 8:30pm. $5.This is what it’d be like if open
mics were more like showcases. 17 very funny people will perform a hot 5
minutes for a room full of agency scouts and regular folks. Consider this local
comedy speed dating, it’s a perfect way to get exposed to a lot of
personalities at once, a few of whom will probably get some very good news as
a result of this show!

Friday
night (October 12th)

Urlakis
& Cusick: Questionable Lullabies
(Dave Urlakis and Sean Cusick)Stage 773. 8pm. $15.Two-man sketch troupe Urlakis &
Cusick returns to Stage 773 after last year’s self-titled revue, which was
praised for its relentless, cerebral dark humor. Both dudes have a strong
sketch background, having worked, directed, and taught at The Annoyance, Second
City, ComedySportz, and WCIU-TV. The show runs weekly through November 16th.

The fifth season of The Late Live Show​ is coming to a close this weekend, after another wildly successful run. One of my favorite portions of the show is also the loosest: when Joe Kwaczala and Joe McAdam, host and cohost, read off some of the week's rejected jokes while the musical guests set up. These jokes are puerile, bizarre, and occasionally prefaced by "oh god, I can't read this..."

In honor of the Late Live Show's season finale, I asked the writers to submit a list of their favorite rejected jokes from this season, which you can read after this intro, provided by Joe McAdam.

"​Each week at The Late Live Show, 10 writers submit jokes for the monologue, typically 6 of which make it to the show. Dozens of jokes are thrown away because they're awful, immature, crude, mean, too "penis-y", lame, not funny, way too weird or, (more often than any of those other reasons) there are too many dog jokes on the show already. So here's a list of 10 crappy jokes that never made it."